That’s $20 billion for a thousand Wall Street investors and $7 billion for 10 million Haitians. The average Haitian makes 700 dollars, the average Goldman Sachs executive makes 20 million dollars in bonuses alone, not including salary. Profound differences like these are the rule rather than the exception in global capitalism, demanding the continuous upward distribution of resources away from developing countries. The perpetuation of gross economic and political inequalities is crucial to the excess created for the financial elite in the West.

The Supreme Court has ruled that corporations may spend freely to support or oppose candidates for president and Congress, easing decades-old limits on their participation in federal campaigns.

By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for campaign ads… The decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, removes limits on independent expenditures that are not coordinated with candidates’ campaigns.

Ergo: You can never restrict a corporations use of money because it is free speech. Only in America….

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